Ouch. And also Ew.

Pin stabbings are an everyday fact of a costumer's life, just as paper cuts are unremarkable to a filing clerk. They hurt like hell for a minute, are irritating for an hour, and then disappear entirely.

We're not talking grievous bodily harm here.

Then there's the ouch-worthy work interruptions. Loose a fight with a rotary wheel, get attacked by buckram (stabity stabity!), run the machine needle into a finger.

Not bad enough to warrant medical attention, but painful enough to be, well, a pain.

I had one of those today.

( Cut for grossness and childlike fascination )

In somewhat related news, my awesome bandaid is so awesome that I can work my touchpad with it.